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Monkey Shark

I Can't Afford To Be Wrong

About Me

I'm scared of getting to the age where I don't care if my trousers touch my shoes.

My Interests

A couple of years ago, one of my good friends called me a 'cultural saboteur'. I like that.

I'd like to meet:

People who see sense where others see nonsense. The first person who ever had a broken heart

Music:

I can't live without -The Clash, Spiritualized, Neil Young, Oasis, The White Stripes, tapes n tapes, TVOTR, ABO, Ian Brown, Beta Band, Arctic Monkeys, Wilco, Elliott Smith, Radiohead, Black Mountain, Cold War Kids, Sparklehorse, LCD Soundsystem, Elbow, Doves, BRMC, The National, Acetone, Bon Iver

Movies:

For me Cinema is -PT Anderson, Billy Wilder, Jim Jarmusch, Vincente Minnelli, Kubrick and Shane MeadowsThese films are my education -Mean Streets, Point Blank, The Apartment, Duck Soup, La Haine, The Big Lebowski, The Misfits, Magnolia, The Royal Tenenbaums, Dead Man's Shoes, Nil By Mouth, Punch Drunk Love, High Fidelity, Hulk, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Touch of Evil, Ed Wood, Bad Day At Black Rock, Mulholland Drive, The Long Goodbye, Ghost Dog, Medium Cool, A History Of Violence, Il Conformista, On The Waterfront, Build My Gallows High, Unforgiven, Stranger Than Fiction, Cinderella Liberty, There Will Be Blood, The General, The Butcher Boy, The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, Me And You And Everyone We Know, The List Of Adrian Messenger, Cinderella Liberty

Television:

Seinfeld. Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Day Today/Brass Eye, Twin Peaks, Planet Earth And Blue Planet, Nathan Barley, Harry Hill's TV Burp, The Sopranos, The Wire

Books:

Everything by Hunter S Thompson & Andrey KurkovAuthors - James Joyce, Donald Westlake, William Blake, Raymond Carver.Books - Love All The People - Bill Hicks, Chronicles - Bob Dylan, The Odyssey - Homer, Dream Boogie: The Triumph Of Sam Cooke - Peter Guralnick, The Cold Six Thousand - James Ellroy, Oh The Places You'll Go! by Doctor Seuss, You Shall Know Our Velocity - Dave Eggers

Heroes:

Joe Strummer, Hunter S Thompson, Groucho Marx, Eric Cantona, Charlie Kaufman, Chris Morris, Charlie Brown, Bill Hicks, Lee Marvin, Ian Brown, Peter Cook, Noel Gallagher, Moe Syzlak

My Blog

We Are A Glorious Being

1. My usual Luton Airport breakfast goes down a treat. Bacon bagel, OJ, Latte. I try and keep what my Mum said recently out of my head. That the whole of our family, our close family, will be on this ...
Posted by Monkey Shark on Thu, 22 May 2008 04:56:00 PST

Email Reply To A Friend

**I just emailed this to a friend, it sums up where I am right now I think**Greetings from the upward slope. When your email arrived, I was on a downward slope. Had to take a couple of days to me, sta...
Posted by Monkey Shark on Wed, 14 May 2008 02:40:00 PST

Too Much Too Young

I've been spending too much time looking at a computer screen. Drinking too much coffee. I can feel my health slipping. So much to do, so many people to communicate with, but I need to work smarterAnd...
Posted by Monkey Shark on Tue, 06 May 2008 06:55:00 PST

www.agiftfordickie.com

visitwww.agiftfordickie.comIt's the big announcement. It's why I've been so busy, quiet, loud recentlyIt's here. It's massiveJoin us!More soonLove you all...
Posted by Monkey Shark on Sun, 04 May 2008 03:17:00 PST

Bye Bye American Pie

It's over. My time here is up. I go not with bitterness, or anger, but love and gratitudeI've made some fantastic friends here, heard some fantastic bands, who I shall be keeping in with through the C...
Posted by Monkey Shark on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:31:00 PST

Another...

.....great titled shop spotted yesterday....then I saw this....then I saw thesewho were amazing, and we both got theseThanks Siz. Thanks Coral. Thanks London...
Posted by Monkey Shark on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:22:00 PST

Bricked Up Windows

That was me, I knew the world was outside, but I couldn't see itI think it was the injustice. The fact that all I wanted was what I was owed. It wasn't a lot. Enough to eat, pay rent, sleep a night wi...
Posted by Monkey Shark on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:32:00 PST

Slanting In A Straight World

I'm always moving forward. That much I can say. Sometimes I'm running with glee, sometimes dragging a redwood tree. Part of me wants to run away. Part wants to run headlong into the blockade.How do yo...
Posted by Monkey Shark on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:16:00 PST

Not Gonna Be A Victim

It had to be done, after last night. This is it, for now. I think. Your opinions and own versions are sought and appreciatedMuch Love1. Oasis  Earls Court 95/Astoria 05Like 2 halves of the same gig. ...
Posted by Monkey Shark on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:38:00 PST

Going For A Burton?

Sunday, Roma had a Tim Burton day. Stayed in bed and watched lots of his movies. I joined for some, and it got me wondering about people's fave TB moments...So I text a few people and here are my frie...
Posted by Monkey Shark on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:19:00 PST